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If you don't already have this then get it. 1971. These guys were so fucking cool it isn't even funny. This is the BEST live album set ever. Think about it. Recorded at Fillmore East in 1971! Absolutely righteous.

I agree! And I still have the record set that I purchased in '71. But the things have been played so many times, mostly on not the best of TTs, that I need to get myself a new issue...be it vinyl or cd.

Had it since the original release. Sometimes I play Mountain Jam from Eat A Peach after playing all four sides of Live At .... just to continue the concert.

Whole heartedly agree, this is an awesome set. I don't have the original album, but the re-issue called, "The Fillmore Concerts". It pulls together the original album and the "Eat A Peach" material. Here is the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Fillmore-Concerts-...3539&sr=1-3

I know that most of you will think that I'm totally full of shit (as if you don't already know and think that) but I was at one of those fabled Allman Brothers Fillmore East concerts. The Allman Brothers were the opening act, well it was more like a shared top bill but the Allman Brothers played first, for Johnny Winter And. Anyway the Allman Brothers come on stage and Duane, who was the front man and spokesman for the band, says "I have some good news and some bad news - the bad news is that there's no smoking" (while he's busy finishing his own cigarette) "but the good news is that this is our third album" and he launches the band into "Statesboro Blues" as the crowd goes nuts. Great opening to a great concert.

I was lucky enough to see the Allman Brothers twice while Duane was alive. At the Fillmore East and then in NYC's Central Park. At the Central Park concert people were screaming for the band to play "Blue Sky" and Duane just said "We'll play it, man. Dont' worry, we'll play it." and the people stopped yelling. Anyway the boys play their rather long set but do not play "Blue Sky". They get called out for an encore and even though they had not played the promised "Blue Sky" no one yelled out for "Blue Sky". Why? Because Duane said they would play it and everyone believed him. Sure enough they played "Blue Sky" for the encore. Duane's stage presence was amazing and the crowd was completely in he sway. He is, and will always, be missed.

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Had it since the original release. Sometimes I play Mountain Jam from Eat A Peach after playing all four sides of Live At .... just to continue the concert.

If you get the Deluxe Edition of this session, Mountain Jam is on there. Here's a link to the deluxe edition

If yu go to Hittin The Note.com you can order the Allman Brother concerts from NYC last month by individual show with guests like Clapton and Johhny WInters

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Had it since the original release. Sometimes I play Mountain Jam from Eat A Peach after playing all four sides of Live At .... just to continue the concert.

If you get the Deluxe Edition of this session, Mountain Jam is on there. Here's a link to the deluxe edition

I have both on vinyl. Unless the CD is demonstrably better I'll stick with vinyl.

Thanks for the great reminiscence, jazzfan.

I saw them in Columbia MO (U OF MO) a couple weeks before the Fillmore concert and was disappointed in the LP at the time. Thought they were way better in Columbia. Sound was fuller and Duane was simply on fire. By far the best concert I have ever seen. Them were the days.

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I saw them in Columbia MO (U OF MO) a couple weeks before the Fillmore concert and was disappointed in the LP at the time. Thought they were way better in Columbia. Sound was fuller and Duane was simply on fire. By far the best concert I have ever seen. Them were the days.

Well that may be but there were a total of four Allman Brothers shows at the Fillmore East that weekend and I saw the best one

How dare you compare a performance in some college gymnasium to ones at the legendary Fillmore East After all the Fillmore East didn't become legendary by accident. Anyway I'm glad that you enjoyed the show. As far as the sound goes, perhaps the LP didn't live up to your memory of a full PA system because you were playing it back on a less than state of art dorm room stereo? I know that the sound at the Fillmore East was pretty darn good and Duane was actually on fire because I remember seeing the flames but then again, it could just as well have been caused by the various mind altering substances I had ingested

My favorite Duane playing is on the version of "You Don't Love Me/Soul Serenade" which is on disc 3 of the "Dreams" anthology. It was recorded as part of a NYC radio station "live in the studio" concert right after King Curtis' death and Duane's playing on Curtis' classic "Soul Serenade" is amazing. Unfortunately Duane was killed shortly after this broadcast. He will always be sorely missed.